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MINNESOTA, the empire state of the new northwest, the commercial, manufacturing and geographical centre of the American continent. Published by the Board of Immigration for the state of Minnesota. President: Governor John S. Pillsbury.

St. Paul: H.M. Smyth & Co., printers, 1878. 8vo, pp. 88; without the folding map of Minnesota found in some copies; original gray printed wrappers, soiled, slight chipping at edges, remains of old label adhered at upper wrapper; generally a good copy of a promotional pamphlet for immigrants, addressed: "To Laboring Men… To Landless Men… To All Men, of moderate means, and men of wealth, who will accept homes in a beautiful and prosperous country…" Item #20190